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that is the romney pattern, right? if you at first don't succeed, just keep trying. >> or you plagiarize. >> on the republican side there are just too many polls that put them down. however, there are many republicans at this point especially those on the romney campaign who when they see tens of thousands of people screaming out romney's name start to have these images of them moving into the white house. that's natural. it happened with the kerry people in 2004. there are people who still have not recovered from that experience. because you really do think it's within reach only one point, two points means the difference between having a career or not. >> ana marie, i read your column. you say you are freaking out about a romney presidency. this is understandable since you probably lose control of your own body and your own health care. but also does the nation really want a president who's going to slash the social safety net to pieces, probably put us into another war. is that what we want? >> well, i don't think i
that is the romney pattern, right? if you at first don't succeed, just keep trying. >> or you plagiarize. >> on the republican side there are just too many polls that put them down. however, there are many republicans at this point especially those on the romney campaign who when they see tens of thousands of people screaming out romney's name start to have these images of them moving into the white house. that's natural. it happened with the kerry people in 2004. there are people...
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not governor romney. he's just digging for more cookies. [ laughter ] when general motors and chrysler and jeep all said this is bull, what did he do he then said because fiat owns the controlling interest in chrysler, that the president had moved with the italians to move jobs to china. you know, first he took fsd notes on the immigration deal. and then a lot of other people, in ways i won't take your time up with, now he's going after the italians. if the irish are next, i'm toast. far worse, after every single reputable authority said this is a false charge, he put it on television and then doubled down and put more money behind the ad. because he believes that middle class people are so ascared about their jobs and so uninformed that they will buy any line of bull they see on television. i think they and you are smarter and barack obama will be elected president. finally, and most important, i am for president obama because his plans for the future are better. that's what really matters. and he's goin
not governor romney. he's just digging for more cookies. [ laughter ] when general motors and chrysler and jeep all said this is bull, what did he do he then said because fiat owns the controlling interest in chrysler, that the president had moved with the italians to move jobs to china. you know, first he took fsd notes on the immigration deal. and then a lot of other people, in ways i won't take your time up with, now he's going after the italians. if the irish are next, i'm toast. far worse,...
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romney or mr. stevens or republican that they many a nasty, mean-spirited campaign that deserved the thumping it received? >> you're not going to get that and, you know, i have met stuart. he's not a friend of mine, but you read the piece he wrote in "the washington post," you listen to what he said, you say no wonder romney make. the arguments he's making are fantasy and they're pernicious. he says crazy things like no one in washington, in the washington green room, ever thought mitt romney was going to be the nominee. it took a movement to get him the nomination. everybody thought he was going to be the nominee, and what was the cause that was at the heart of this movement? secondly, he says, well, look, the guy won the whiter, wealthier vote, and, therefore, we carried the day. that's a line out of "saturday night live." the truth of the matter is if that's all you got and you didn't get 270 electoral votes, i suppose you have received the jim crow prize for second place finish in the president
romney or mr. stevens or republican that they many a nasty, mean-spirited campaign that deserved the thumping it received? >> you're not going to get that and, you know, i have met stuart. he's not a friend of mine, but you read the piece he wrote in "the washington post," you listen to what he said, you say no wonder romney make. the arguments he's making are fantasy and they're pernicious. he says crazy things like no one in washington, in the washington green room, ever...
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that was mitt romney's plan and he lost. is this man deaf? >> you know, martin, i'm going to take issue with you on the day after the election. i think what he just said in that particular clip, president obama, speaking for myself, i would have no problems with tax reform, simplifying people's taxes, closing loopholes, moving toward long-term deficit reduction. it was some of what he didn't say -- >> john, no revenues, no mention of revenues. >> well, okay. that's what i was about to say. some of the other things he didn't mention, and in previous days has said, that he cannot accept any tax increases on people making over $1 million a year. well, he will have to accept them because the president has the w.h.i.hip hand on this. what the president will do is let the 2001 tax cuts expire on january 1st, at which point taxes on the wealthy will go back to their clinton-era levels, as the president promised during the campaign. taxes on everybody else will rise as well. and one assumes that within the first couple of weeks of the new year, the t
that was mitt romney's plan and he lost. is this man deaf? >> you know, martin, i'm going to take issue with you on the day after the election. i think what he just said in that particular clip, president obama, speaking for myself, i would have no problems with tax reform, simplifying people's taxes, closing loopholes, moving toward long-term deficit reduction. it was some of what he didn't say -- >> john, no revenues, no mention of revenues. >> well, okay. that's what i was...
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. >> romney was timid. >> romney doesn't exist. romney is persona non grata. i can't believe how mean they're bog to mitt romney. >> i'm a balloon boy. we have not followed that story like we have. >> you have an announcement to make. >> we wish congressman murphy, i like him very well. >> your opinions is ludicrous. >> wait. >>> we begin as hopes rise for a cease-fire in the middle east with negotiations continuing and with secretary of state hillary clinton just arrived in tel a v aviv. we will bring you much more on the situation as it develops. and two weeks since his resounding re-election, the president is on board air force one returning to washington from east asia. he's just wrapped up a tour in which he juggled multiple complex issues, including efforts to broker that cease-fire in the middle east, encouraging early signs of democracy in burma, and, of course, a budget battle at home. but for the president's opponents, it's not two weeks since the election nor two months to the inauguration. no, it's the countdown to the
. >> romney was timid. >> romney doesn't exist. romney is persona non grata. i can't believe how mean they're bog to mitt romney. >> i'm a balloon boy. we have not followed that story like we have. >> you have an announcement to make. >> we wish congressman murphy, i like him very well. >> your opinions is ludicrous. >> wait. >>> we begin as hopes rise for a cease-fire in the middle east with negotiations continuing and with secretary of state...
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romney. who told his top donors on a conference call that the president only won by doling out freebies to key constituencies. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> that base coalition, of course, including young voters, african-americans, and hispanics. >> what the president did is he gave them two things. one, he gave them a big gift on immigration with the dream act, am ness it -- amnesty program. number two, put in place obama care which is $10,000 a family. it's a proven political strategy, chi is give a bunch of money from the government to a group and, guess what? they will vote for you. >> nbc's peter alexander reached out to the campaign and was told they confirmed the authenticity of the recording november 14th. quote, governor romney was simply elaborating on what obama senior strais david axelrod had said about
romney. who told his top donors on a conference call that the president only won by doling out freebies to key constituencies. >> what the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> that base coalition, of course, including young voters, african-americans, and hispanics. >> what the president did is he gave them two things....
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. >> the president was committed -- elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> they're going to defend a bunch of millionaires? >> i was long last week as was virtually every major republican analyst. >> bounce with me. come on, bounce with me a little bit. come on. ♪ >>> bounce with me, indeed. it's the first week after the election, and the big story was supposed to be the looming fiscal cliff. but there's nothing like a high profile sex scandal to distract washington. with headlines dominated today by the abrupt resignation of cia director david petraeus over an extramarital affair. some lawmakers are now calling for an inquiry. we're now learning that high-level officials at the fbi and the justice department were notified in late summer that fbi agents had uncovered the affair that led to petraeus' downfall. it all started in early june when a florida woman named jill kelley pictures here with her husband, petraeus, and his wife, alerted agents to e-mails she described as e-mails. they told kelley, a petraeus family friend, to stop socializing wi
. >> the president was committed -- elected on the basis that he was not romney and romney was a poopy head. >> they're going to defend a bunch of millionaires? >> i was long last week as was virtually every major republican analyst. >> bounce with me. come on, bounce with me a little bit. come on. ♪ >>> bounce with me, indeed. it's the first week after the election, and the big story was supposed to be the looming fiscal cliff. but there's nothing like a high...
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they decided while mitt romney lost the election, his ideas, they think won. i don't know how they get there. >> i feel like what they're trying to do is say, we lost, never mind but we're going to keep doing what we do. if we keep saying it enough, maybe -- >> i read that -- john boehner's op-ed pretty carefully. here's one thing he said. he said there are three ways to take down obama care, through the courts, through the election -- by the way, both of those haven't worked out -- three through what he called congressional oversight. to me, what he's saying there is congressional sabotage. >> right. >> maybe i'm -- maybe i didn't listen closely enough to, you know, civics back in elementary school, but the job of the congress is to implement the supreme court-backed law of the land. >> that's right. >> to me what he's saying is really quite scary when you get down to it. >> i want to ask -- there's a question on that because essentially they've been defeated three times in each of those venues. what is it they're thinking -- now they're trying to drag it int
they decided while mitt romney lost the election, his ideas, they think won. i don't know how they get there. >> i feel like what they're trying to do is say, we lost, never mind but we're going to keep doing what we do. if we keep saying it enough, maybe -- >> i read that -- john boehner's op-ed pretty carefully. here's one thing he said. he said there are three ways to take down obama care, through the courts, through the election -- by the way, both of those haven't worked out --...
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romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced, responsible approach. i want a big deal. i want a comprehensive deal. >> too bad these guys can't see the writing on the wall. >> the congress opposes tax hikes. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> i don't support raising tax rat rates. >> period? >> yeah. i've been saying that my entire career. >> we have majority of america who recognizes if we're serious about deaf dit reduction we have to did it in a balanced way. >> response to a range of questions at his first press conference since winning re-election. in the east room of the white house, the president took to the podium to press his agenda for the next four years. quickly dispatching a first question on the petraeus affair, saying he had no evidence any classified information was disclosed. then it was on to dismiss concerns that he could cave again on tax cuts for the rich with the impending fiscal cliff. >> what i said at the time is what i meant. which is, this was a one-time proposition. what i'm not going to do is to extend bush tax cuts
romney, it was when it comes to how we reduce our deficit, i argued for a balanced, responsible approach. i want a big deal. i want a comprehensive deal. >> too bad these guys can't see the writing on the wall. >> the congress opposes tax hikes. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable. >> i don't support raising tax rat rates. >> period? >> yeah. i've been saying that my entire career. >> we have majority of america who recognizes if we're serious about...
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michelle, when romney's economic adviser says average rates on the rich need to go up, when bill kristol tells republicans, don't fall on your sword over the bush tax cuts, does that suggest mandate or no mandate? >> it suggests that even the republican party itself is very, very nervous about where it has landed. and everyone who isn't paul ryan or a lot of his house colleagues who are kind of still fighting that last battle, they're really looking for the party to do some soul searching and figure out a way that they can come up with an agenda that people will like. otherwise, they're going to find themselves doing this again in two years. >> back to you, dana. we know that, as i said earlier, mr. boehner has been ee re-elec. what about mitch mcconnell. he sounds as object strucktive as he has over the last four years. what's going to happen to him? >> i went to his photo op yesterday where he unveiled new members of the republican freshman class. they could have had that in a broom closet because there were only three of them and they were sitting there nodding their heads and grinnin
michelle, when romney's economic adviser says average rates on the rich need to go up, when bill kristol tells republicans, don't fall on your sword over the bush tax cuts, does that suggest mandate or no mandate? >> it suggests that even the republican party itself is very, very nervous about where it has landed. and everyone who isn't paul ryan or a lot of his house colleagues who are kind of still fighting that last battle, they're really looking for the party to do some soul searching...